Revolving vending-booth



APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

4 SHEETSSHEET I.

G. SEVCZOV.

REvoLvING vENmNG Boom.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3|, 1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

G. SEVCZOV.

REVOLVING VENDING BOOTH.

APPLlcArroN FILED JULY 31,1919.

1 ,343,794. Patonted June 15, 1920.

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G. SEVCZOV.

REVOLVING VENDING BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGI SEVCZOV, OF RALPHTON, PENNSYLVANA.

REVOLVING VENDING-BOOTH.

Speci'cation of Letters Patent. 4 Patented June 15 1920 Application inedTiny 31, 1919. serial 1ro. 314,498.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGI SEvoZov, a citizen of Ukraine, residing atRalphton, `in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Vending-Booths, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for an object the provision of arevolving vending boothadapted for sellingarticles or merchandise such as newspapers,magazines, candy and cigars, the booth being adapted to revolvecontrolled by the vender for displaying goods `as well as names thereofto the prospective purchasers.

A further object 'of the invention is to provide an electricallyrevolvedvending booth occupied by the seller.who can readily control the turningof the device provision being made for carrying customers around withthe booth when suliciently near the same to make a purchase.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a selling booththat is ornamental in appearance and has electrically revolving means sothat the booth is capable of carry.

ing the articles to be sold as well as thel seller positioned thereinand also a number of purchasers y who are standing near the booth, thestructure possessing vender.

With these general objects in View the invention consists of thecombination and -arrangement of parts hereinafter fully devand IV-IV ofFig. l1,

Fig. 5 is atop plan view of the invention,

Fig.6 is an enlarged view ofthe upper portion thereof partly in sectionand partly great strength and being readily controlled by thel inelevation illustrating the electrical connections, and

Fig. 7 is a top plan vi'ew of a portion of the same with the covermember removed.

My invention broadly consists of a rectangular vending booth 10 havinglegs 11 provided with rollers 12 mounted to revolve upon a circulartrack 13, within a pit 14,

`formed in the ground, anelectric motor 15 serving to supply the motivepower.

The booth 10 has a rectangular counter 16 for displaying goods to besold, the merchant being position upon the floor 17 of the boothmounted'upon, the said legs 11. A circular platform 18 surrounds thelower end of the booth adjacent the surface of the ground 19 and uponwhich platform purchasers may readily walk when desiring to procurearticles from the counter 16.

A canopy or roof 20 supported by corner posts 21 mounted upri ht on theloor 17 has a depending scallope apron 21 provided with transparentpanels 22 upon which the -names of the goods to be sold are exhibited asat 23.

An upright shaft 24 is axially secured through the booth and insulatedtherefrom with a tapered lower end 25 journaled in a standard 26positioned centrallly beneath the pit 'and terminating in the pit.-

A collar 27 is secured beneath the floor 17 to the shaft 24 andinsulated therefrom while the shaft portion 25 is separated from thestandard 26 by suitable insulation 28.

A ladder 29 upon the standard 26 within the pit 14 is positioned beneathan opening 30 in the booth floor 17 normally closed by a trap-door 31. Acup 32 is mounted upon the roof 20 surrounding the shaft 24 by means ofa sleeve 33 adapted for turning` with theshaft with the roof and sleeve33 and cup 32 separated from said shaft by in sulation 34. A ring 35electrically-connected with the upper end portion of the shaft 24 iselectrically connected by a wire 36. with a bracket 37 secured in thecup 32, and

provided with a bearing wheel 38.

An inverted cup 39v insulated from and carried by a stationary support40 is positioned above the cup 32 with a transmission ring 41 thereinupon which the wheel 38 isy adapted to travel. A line wire 42 iselectrically-connected to the member 41 by a post 43 extending throughthe top of the cup 39. The electric motor 15 heretofore referred todepends from the floor 17 with a contact brush 44 in constant wipingconnection with a ring 45 surrounding the shaft 24 but separatedtherefrom and mounted by means of posts 46 upon a fixed gear 47 carriedby the top of the standard 26.

. The motor 15 and shaft 24 are both secured for turning with the iioor17 and are electrically-connected together by a wire 48. The electriccurrent from the line wire 42 passes through the shaft 24 and wire 48 tothe motor 15, the return circuit 4 being through the brush 44 and collar45 to another line wire 42 a portion of which is illustrated within thepit 14.

The power pinion 49 of the motor 15 meshes with an idler 50 carried bythe motor while the gear 47 is in constant mesh with the idler 50 duringthe operation of the motor 15. rIhe motor will revolve in a plane aroundthe stationary gear 47 carrying the booth 10 in a revolving manner withl the platform 18 and thev cup 32 while the cup 39 and support 40 aswell as the standard 26 and the track 13 are stationary. The journalingof the shaft end 25 in the standard 26 assists to maintain the booth 10upright supported for travel upon the track 18 by the legs 11. b

The complete operation of th invention lwill be apparent, the merchantstanding in the booth 10 sellinghis wares, to purchasers stepping uponthe platform 18 vwhile the revolving of the booth is controlled b afoot-controller 51, provided upon the oor 17 for the motor 15. The novelappearance of the vending booth renders the same attractive While thenames of the goods are displayed to the public and the novelty of shaft,an electric motor secured to the botf tom of the booth, electricconnections between the shaft and motor, a lixed gear operativelyconnected to the motor, a ring carried by the gear, wiping electricalconnections between said ring and motor, and line wires in electricalconnection with said ring and the roller.

2. In combination with a revolving booth, a ournaled upright shaftsecured axially through the booth, a cup upon the top of the shaft abovethe booth, a bearing roller carried by the cup electrically connected tothe shaft, an'electric motor secured to the bottom of the booth,electrical connections between the shaft and motor, a fixed gearoperatively connected to the motor, a ring carried by the gear, wipingelectrical connections between the said ring and motor, an inverted cupfixed above said aforementioned cup, an annular band in said invertedcup upon which said' roller is adapted to travel during the revolving ofthe booth, and separate line wires electrically connected to saidstationary band and ring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGI SEVCZOV.

